What are the main symptoms of bone infection?

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Diabetic foot is one of the common complications of diabetes, once the onset of the disease has a greater threat to the foot health of patients, serious and may even lead to amputation. In fact, diabetic foot is not very serious at the beginning. Diabetic foot also has its own pathogenesis. The following is to introduce the staging symptoms of diabetic foot.

What are the main symptoms of bone infection?

Grade 0 refers to the foot with high risk factors of ulcer. For those patients without foot ulcer at present, regular follow-up should be carried out, education on foot protection should be strengthened, and specific guidance should be given by the foot doctor if necessary, so as to prevent the occurrence of foot ulcer. At present, there is no ulcer in the foot with risk factors of foot ulcer.

Grade 1 - ulcer on the surface of foot skin, no infection clinically. The prominent manifestation was nerve ulcer. This kind of ulcer occurs in the foot protruding part, namely the pressure bearing point, such as the heel, foot or toe bottom. The ulcer is surrounded by the callosum. Surface ulcer, no infection.

Grade 2: deep, penetrating ulcer, often complicated with soft tissue infection, but without osteomyelitis or deep abscess. Some special bacteria, such as anaerobic bacteria and aerogenic bacteria, may exist in the ulcer site. Deep ulcer, often combined with soft tissue inflammation, no abscess or bone infection.

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Grade 4 - characterized by ischemic ulcers, local gangrene or gangrene in specific parts of the foot. It is usually accompanied by neuropathy. Gangrene without severe pain indicates neuropathy. The surface of necrotic tissue may be infected.